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  1. Well you can eat a chic fil a every day and you don't usually save the leftover for the next day (perishable item plus elastic demand).  Most people don't go through a bottle a day (Lehmberg) and if they do they might buy multiple bottles and put one on the shelf (static demand and non-perishable good).  Being open an additional day will not increase sales 17% over the year but guessing maybe 5% which would be offset by the additional labor and other variable costs associated with the extra day.  
    For those business that can legislate days everyone is closed where there demand is fairly static they have a built in advantage for keeping their margins up.  Take away the day off and they can choose to stay closed but will then lose sales and be forced to open.
    Got it thank you!

    Despite that, which I don't argue, it still seems like something the market should be able to weigh in on
  2. 50 minutes ago, Macanudo said:

    I just don't agree with this line of thinking.   I know that myself, as a consumer, doesn't do my liquor shopping on a week day at noon or 3:00 pm.   But there have been many times when I think to myself on a Sunday that I'd like to grab a bottle of booze.   But I fucking can't because my local liquor store is closed.   And guess what I most often do....   I wait until Saturday because I have a full time job M-F and don't think about it until then again.   

     

    So Sunday liquor sales would fucking rule.

    I'm with ya Mac. Man connecticut had (has?) the fucking worst laws. They can't sell alcohol on HOLIDAYS. 

    So you're having a cookout on Memorial Day and you run out of beer? Well guess what you can do? You can go fuck yourself bc the grocery store can't sell you anything to keep the party going

  3. Not a business major, I must admit. But how come you get to assume that being open an extra 52 days would keep sales static?

    I can't be the only person who has ever driven by a chic fil a on a Sunday wishing they were open .....and subsequently not thought of them again even once during the routine of my week!

    Again I didn't study business but it seems like chic fil a would increase revenue by more being open on Sundays..... How come a liquor store wouldn't?

    2 hours ago, TexasEd said:

    The only stores that would want sales 7 days a week are the ones that are already open 7 days a week.  The additional overhead of opening the stores the 7th day does not drive more sales, just makes the sales volume they already have spread out over 7 days instead of 6 so it cuts into margin.  The same is true for Car dealerships.  Opening another day a week does not sell more cars, just spreads the same number of sales out.

    The big retailers like Walmart would want the 7 day sales because they are already open 7 days a week and the burden of roping or fencing off part of the store at certain times (I remember beer sales in Texas back in the 70-80s) would be a hassle.

     

     

  4. 7 hours ago, JimmyGlass said:

    Because lifestyle brands are defined by the people that purchase and engage with them.  The fact that a watch is a largely superfluous item and a Rolex costs many thousands of dollars means Rolex can at least control that their brand represents wealth and a lifestyle associated with wealth.  

    Yeti is an "aspirational" purchase that can be had for ~$200.  Sure, its a lot for a cooler, but its only out of the buying power of the poorest of poor people. In the end, the most enthusiastic purchasers are mildly poor people who can convince themselves and others that they are rich by purchasing a $200 "luxury" cooler.  

    It is easily the cheapest "I'm rich" purchase anyone can make. The most ardent brand proponents and advocates, and the image the public associates with Yeti is the image of faux wealth.

    They make a fine product.  They were the first to market, they deserve to make a lot of money.  Unfortunately, others make and sell a functionally identical product for much less and the nature of the business dictates that any attempt at branding a "luxury" cooler will result in the brand eventually being overtaken by the pathetic cheese dick shitheads that we all think of when we think of Yeti.

    I'd say there are plenty of people wearing Rolexes who can't afford them - but I get your point and don't disagree w/anything you said

    You're focused on the aspirational angle, which is interesting. Isn't it possible that Yeti products are simply not that big of an investment for middle class, white collar folks who'd rather be out fishing/hunting/camping/etc. -- aren't these the people Yeti is ultimately targeting? Lots of money to be made off of these people, I'd wager. The other something maybe that gets lost is this: there are a ton of very successful companies out there that never IPO!

    I have only ever purchased one Yeti product - the hopper 18 soft cooler. Anything else I own has been a gift. My justification for the purchase is that I bought it on the weekend when they were donating all proceeds to Harvey relief. Between the charity aspect and the several times I've used it since purchasing, I'm very satisfied - thing works as promised and is very durable - but I'm sure there are lower cost alternatives if I cared enough to investigate.

    At the end of this - I'm fascinated by Yeti and want to see these guys do well. I don't have a horse in the race - I just respect the hell out of people who can invent the better mouse trap and market the shit out of it.

  5. 1 minute ago, TKthunder2 said:

    That’s the thing, their products really are great but how many different coolers and cups do you need?  At some point the market is going to stagnate and when you’ve sold X many to your target demo with disposable income while other less affluent prospects have other options that do 80% of the work at 50% of the price your really just selling and brand to 90% of your buyers as only about 10% (probably less than that) truly need a cooler that keeps ice for 72 hours.  Unless they can innovate and come up with another reason for people to replace their $500 cooler with a newer model they’ll never strike it rich.  They can be a successful small company cracking out a limited run of their niche product set each year but their shot at a big payday has passed.

    fair points, all

    why can't they be the next Rolex though? Rolex may not be a perfect example, of course - but I'm thinking of a lifestyle brand built around a product that doesn't have much room for innovation and they come to mind

  6. 9 hours ago, Beau Vine said:

    for 5 hours. I was pissed with I got home and while I was yelling about her screwing up my brisket she shoves a piece of the brisket in my mouth, I almost popped a boner, it was the best fucking brisket I have ever tasted outside of a restaurant. My wife is giving me the biggest shit eating grin along with a told you so look.

    still good

  7. 8 hours ago, phdhorn said:

    This is better.  It's a direct pop up of the live listen window.  Click this and you can just skip right to it without going to the site home page first (not that I discourage it).
    http://arn.leanplayer.com/KTXXFM

    Also, be sure not to click on ESPN 104 or whatever if you google the station's site.  It's a different deal.

    Just click on the link I put, should work fine (test it out, you should get the popup and immediately the live audio).

    Phd just out here being in total alignment w/the program

  8. This is Frank Costanza. You think you can keep us out of Florida? We're moving in lock, stock and barrel. We're gonna be in the pool. We're gonna be in the clubhouse. We're gonna be all over that shuffleboard court. And I dare you to keep me out!

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